AP Films/ Century 21/ Group 3/ Gerry Anderson Productions

Gerry Anderson productions were distinctive: futuristic adventures with amazing technology and plenty of (literally) explosive action. Their exciting plots relied on special effects and pyrotechnics. Most were puppet series for children (hyped with the name "Supermarionation"), but they favoured action and thrills rather than juvenile humour. They were produced by a team of people who produced series continuously from 1956 until 1976, mostly under the umbrella of Lew Grade's ITC organisation.. The company was initially called AP Films, then Century 21 and Group 3, and finally Gerry Anderson Productions. Such was the popularity of the shows that in Britain they were marketed under Gerry Anderson's name ("Gerry Anderson's Space: 1999").

Most of these people worked on Space: 1999, but at the end of the first series Gerry and Sylvia Anderson separated, and after the second series the relationship with Lew Grade's ITC collapsed, ending a near continuous production run since 1956.

There are special features on two live action projects which have a lot in common with Space: 1999: the previous series UFO and the film The Day After Tomorrow- Into Infinity, produced between the two series of 1999. Both used many of the cast and crew from 1999.

This list excludes a number of unaired pilots (The Investigator in 1972, Space Police in 1986 and others), and unfilmed projects (Rescue 9 and Starcruiser were both series planned with Fred Freiberger after Space: 1999 Year Two; the film 5 Star 5 was in preproduction in the late 1970s). It also includes commercials, a notable one being the Jif Alien Attack (1977).

Crossroads To Crime57 minute film
AP Films/Anglo Amalgamated
A policeman foils a robbery. A live action "B" feature directed by Gerry Anderson.

1961-1962

Fireball XL539 episodes x 25 mins
AP Films/ITC
Steve Zodiac with his crew, Professor Matic and Space Doctor Venus, patrol space in their ship Fireball XL5
The series was shown on America's NBC network. The title song was a pop hit. Keith Wilson and Brian Johnson joined AP Films for this series.

1962-1964

Stingray39 episodes x 25 mins
AP Films/ITCCaptain Troy Tempest patrols the seas in his submarine, full of undersea races.
One of the first series to be made in colour in the UK.

1964-1966

Thunderbirds26 episodes x 50 mins, 2nd series 6 episodes x 50 mins
AP Films/ITCA family run a secret rescue organisation with their powerful Thunderbird craft.
The most popular puppet series, accompanied by huge merchandising. One of the voices was by Shane Rimmer.

Thunderbirds Are Go!94 mins film
Century 21 /United Artists
Spin off film from the hit television series. Directed by David Lane

1966-1967

Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons32 episodes x 25 mins
Century 21/ITCCaptain Scarlet defends the Earth from the Mysterons from Mars
More lifelike puppets were introduced. A CGI second series was filmed in 2002-3.

1967-1968

Thunderbird 690 mins film
Century 21 /United Artists
Second spin off film from the hit television series. Directed by David Lane

1967-1968

Joe 9030 episodes x 25 mins
Century 21/ITCSchoolboy Joe serves as a special agent for the World Intelligence Network
Produced by David Lane

1968-1969

Doppelganger (US title Journey To The Far Side Of The Sun)
101 min film
Century 21/Universal
Live action film in which two astronauts travel to the opposite side of the sun and find a duplicate Earth.
Screenplay by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson and Donald James. Directed by Robert Parrish

The Secret Service13 episodes x 25 mins
Century 21/ITCPriest Father Unwin is a secret agent
Produced by David Lane

1969-1970

UFO26 episodes x 50 mins
Century 21/ITCA live action series in which secret organisation SHADO defends Earth from aliens.
Directors included David Tomblin and David Lane (both also wrote episodes); and Ray Austin. The main writer was Tony Barwick, with episodes by Terence Feely, Donald James and Dennis Spooner. The first live action series for Anderson was an unexpected hit in the US in 1972, and preparation began for a second series in 1973. These preparations changed into the format for Space: 1999

The Protectors26 episodes x 25 mins , 2nd series 26 episodes x 25 mins
Group 3/ITCThree private detectives fight crime (starring Robert Vaughan and Tony Anholt).
The second live action series is a straight-forward crime adventure series with no fantasy elements. Directors included Charles Crichton and Ray Austin (whose wife Yasuko Nagazumi was a semi-regular); among the guest stars was Prentis Hancock. Robert Vaughan was quoted in a 1974 Los Angeles Times article "Mission on the Moon in England": "Robert Vaughn, who spent two years in England making the half-hour syndicated adventure series the Protectors, said not long ago that between the morning tea breaks and the lunch breaks and the afternoon tea breaks and the refusal of crews to work overtime, he figured that Martin Landau and Barbara Bain would be five years doing the 26 hour programs for their new British series, Space: 1999."

The Day After Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity)
50 minute TV film
Gerry Anderson Productions
Two familes fly a spaceship at the speed of light.
A live action film for NBC children's entertainment. Stars Nick Tate, Brian Blessed and Joanna Dunham; written by Johnny Byrne and directed by Charles Crichton.

Firestorm26 episodes x 30 mins
Anderson Entertainment
A squad of United Nations marines combat alien infiltrators preparing for the invasion of Earth.
For Japanese television. Computer generated cel-type animation and CGI are used. Anderson created the series but did not produce it; he removed his name from the episodes.